CHILLI CHICKEN

Chilli Chicken
Enjoy a piquant  recipe for chicken cooked in a chilli sauce.
Servings: 4
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
You will need: Wok
Ingredients
2 dried long chillies, soaked in hot water
3 garlic cloves, chopped
a small piece of fresh ginger root (5cm)
4 Shallots, chopped
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 stalks of Lemon grass, crushed
1 chicken, 1.3 kg, jointed into 12 pieces
Fish Sauce, to taste
500ml chicken stock
4 Tomatoes, quartered
juice of 1 lemon
1 lime, sliced
2 fresh red chillies, chopped
Method
1. Pound the dried chillies into a paste. In a food processor or pestle and mortar blend or crush the garlic, ginger and shallots into a paste.

2. Heat the oil in a wok or large saucepan. Add the lemon grass and fry for 1 minute.

3. Add the garlic paste and fry, stirring, for 5 minutes.

4. Add the chicken pieces and fry until browned on all sides, stirring often.

5. Add the dried chilli paste, fish sauce and chicken stock.

6. Bring to the boil and cook briskly for 15 minutes. Add the tomatoes and heat through.

7. Transfer the chicken and the chilli sauce to a serving plate. Pour over the lemon juice, garnish with lime slices and chopped chilli. Serve.